The Courier-Journal has the obituary for Don Pollard. There is a benefit (and likely now tribute) to Pollard set for Monday, December 3 at Jerry Green And Friends, Brownsboro Rd at the Watterson. The lineup includes Rick Bartlett, Robbie Bartlett, Tanita Gaines, Turley Richards, Jerry Green and Friends, The Flying Martinis, Bob Ramsey and Big Daddy’s Band. Revenue raised will go to offset the cost of Pollard’s final illness. There will also be a gathering to celebrate his life at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge

J. L. Puckett devotes most of his Friday column in the Courier-Journal to a preview of the John Fogerty show on December 3 at the Palace.

Puckett also previews the Good Folk Fest at the Mellwood Center, set for this weekend.

Don “Big Daddy” Pollard died on Wednesday of cancer. Velocity blogger Erin Keane remembers hearing him a Lisa’s Oak Street Lounge.

LMN Print Deadline Delays Posts

Okay, the December issue of Louisville Music News is on the streets, featuringThe October as the cover story. Time to play catch-up.

The C-J’s Bob Hill writes about jazz guitar teacher Jeff Sherman for his Thursday column. A very nice piece from Bob

In Tuesday’s edition, Maisy Fernandez wrote a long feature on B96 on-air personality DJ E-Feezy.

In Wednesday’s Velocity, Joe Lord had the unenviable task of writing a long piece about a five-year-old singer, Mabel Benzing. There are times when I’m glad I’m the editor and get to decide who writes what. On Lord’s blog, he also has a short post on Brigid Kaelin’s latest couple of tunes, “Mazel Tonk” and “Blue Dreidel No. 9,” both posted on her myspace page. She calls it “jewgrass.”

The print deadline for the December issue of Louisville Music News is today; your humble editor has been working diligently all day, hence the lack of posts. However, it’s all done and off to the printer. The cover story will be The October and it will be on the streets beginning on Wednesday. The digit version will be available on December 1.

Canadian singer Feist played the Lyons Brown Theatre on Tuesday night. J. L. Puckett went to the show and wound up dealing with a dead truck at the end of the night. It gave him the metaphor he needed to write the review.

Puckett also reviewed the new CD by the Hives and Levon Helm’s new project

J. L. Puckett has the assignment to do the story on one of the longest-lasting cover bands in Louisville, No Excuse. He also plugs an event that Misha Feigin is doing, called Floating Bridges Spontaneous Cabaret

J. L. Puckett’s Saturday Digital Sounds column, buried somewhere in the Weekly What-You-Should-buy Section, a.k.a, the Scene, points to some Wax Fang tracks; some Lee Hazelwood and Berlin’s 17 Hippies in the Left of the Dial section. (Who thinks up these names?)

Have a tasty turkey day and football-watching, if that’s your thing. Try not to get trampled tomorrow, if you dare go out.